REGULATION 6 PARTICULATE MATTER RULE 1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS INDEX

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1 GENERAL REGULATION 6 PARTICULATE MATTER RULE 1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS INDEX Description Applicability of General Provisions: Exemptions for Activities Subject to Other Rules and Regulations, Temporary Sandblasting Operations Limited Exemption, Blasting OperationsOpen Outdoor Fires Limited Exemption, Portland Cement Manufacturing Limited Exemption, Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) Concentration and Weight Limitations Limited Exemption, Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) Emission Limits for Fuel Combustion Limited Exemption, Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) Concentration Limitations DEFINITIONS Active Operations Bulk Material Bulk Material Site Exhaust Gas Volume Particle Particulate Matter Process Weight Process Weight Rate and Exhaust Gas Rate Regulated Bulk Material Site Workday STANDARDS Ringelmann No. 1 Limitation Opacity Limitation Ringelmann No. 2 Limitation Tube Cleaning Visible Particles Diesel Pile Driving Hammers Prohibition of Visible Emissions Within and From Regulated Bulk Material Sites Particulate Weight LimitationTotal Suspended Particulate (TSP) Concentration Limits General OperationsTotal Suspended Particulate (TSP) Weight Limits Sulfuric Acid Manufacturing Plants Sulfur Recovery Units ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS Appearance of Emissions Alternate Source Test Frequency 6-1-1

2 MONITORING AND RECORDS Sampling Facilities and Instruments Required Data, Records and Reporting Records Demonstration of Total Suspended Particle (TSP) Compliance Demonstration of SO3 / Sulfuric Acid Mist Compliance Monitoring and Recordkeeping at Regulated Bulk Material Sites MANUAL OF PROCEDURES Applicability of Test Methods Particulate Matter, Sampling, Sampling Facilities, Opacity Instruments and Appraisal of Visible Emissions Methods for Determining Compliance 6-1-2

3 GENERAL REGULATION 6 PARTICULATE MATTER RULE 1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS (Renumbered and Renamed December 5, 2007) Description: The purpose of this Regulation is to limit the quantity of particulate matter in the atmosphere through the establishment of limitations on emission rates, emission concentrations, visible emissions and opacity Applicability of General Provisions: The general provisions and definitions in Regulation 1 and Regulation 6 shall apply to this rule Exemptions for Activities Subject to Other Rules and Regulations: 110.1, Temporary Sandblasting Operations: The provisions of this rule shall not apply to Temporary Sandblasting operations are exempt from the provisions of this Rule. Such operations are subject to the provisions of Regulation 12, Rule 4. (Adopted July 11, 1990) Exemption, Open Outdoor Fires: The provisions of this rule shall not apply to emissions arising from open outdoor fires. Such open outdoor fires are subject to the provisions of Regulation 5. (Adopted December 19, 1990) Wood Burning Devices: The provisions of this rule shall not apply to sources subject to the provisions of Regulation 6, Rule Metal Recycling and Shredding Operations: The provisions of this rule shall not apply to sources subject to the provisions of Regulation 6, Rule Exemption, Open Outdoor Fires: The limitations of this rule shall not apply to emissions arising from open outdoor fires Limited Exemption, Blasting Operations: Blasting operations that have been permitted by the California Division of Industrial Safety are not subject to Sections and Limited Exemption, Portland Cement Manufacturing: Sections , 310 and 311 shall not apply to particulate emissions from sources subject to the provisions of Regulation 9, Rule Limited Exemption, Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) Concentration and Weight Limitations: Sections , and 504 shall not apply to particulate matter emissions from the following sources: Commercial cooking equipment subject to the provisions of Regulation 6, Rule Salt processing operations whose TSP emissions are greater than 99 weight percent salt Limited Exemption, Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) Emission Limits for Fuel Combustion: Sections and shall not apply to particulate matter emissions from the following sources: Gas-, liquid- and solid-fuel fired indirect heat exchangers, including furnaces, heaters, boilers, gas turbines and supplemental fuel-fired heat recovery steam generators, but excluding Carbon Monoxide Boilers downstream of Petroleum Refinery Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit regenerators Section shall not apply to gas-fuel fired indirect heat exchangers. Liquid- and solid-fuel fired indirect heat exchangers shall remain subject to Section

4 Limited Exemption, Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) Concentration Limitation: Section shall not apply to particulate emissions from Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, Facility 907, until July 1, DEFINITIONS Active Operations: As defined in Regulation 6-201, any activity with the potential to create particulate emissions from any source or fugitive dust emissions Bulk Material: As defined in Regulation 6-202, any unpackaged sand, soil, gravel, aggregate, solid construction material, solid industrial chemical or other unpackaged solids less than 2 inches in length or diameter Bulk Material Site: As defined in Regulation 6-203, any site with one or more stockpiles of bulk material greater than 5 feet high or with a footprint greater than 100 square feet Exhaust Gas Volume: The volume of gases discharged from an operation or an emission point, corrected to standard conditions (as defined in Regulation 1-228), excluding water vapor or steam Particle: A minute quantity of solid matter or liquid droplet Particulate Matter: Any material which is emitted as liquid or solid particles, or gaseous material which becomes liquid or solid particles at the testing temperatures specified in the Manual of Procedures, excluding uncombined water Process Weight: The total weight of all material introduced into an operation, including solid fuels and process air, but excluding (i) liquids and gases used solely as fuels, (ii) air that is not consumed as a reactant, (iii) air that is used only for dilution, and (iv) combustion air Process Weight Rate and Exhaust Gas Rate: A rate established as follows: For continuous or long-run, steady-state operations, the total process weight or exhaust gas volume for the entire period of continuous operation or for a typical portion thereof, divided by the number of hours of such period or portions thereof For cyclical or batch operations, the total process weight or exhaust gas volume for a period which that covers a complete operation or an integral integer number of cycles, divided by the hours of actual process operation during such period. Where the nature of any process or operation or the design of any equipment is such as to permit more than one interpretation of this section, that interpretation which results in the minimum value for allowable emission shall apply Regulated Bulk Material Site: A bulk material site that (i) produces, handles, loads, unloads, stores or uses more than 10 tons per year of bulk materials; and (ii) is subject to an authority to construct and/or permit to operate issued by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District Workday: As defined in Regulation 6-209, any period, typically 8 12 hour shifts, when active operations occur on the site STANDARDS Ringelmann No. 1 Limitation: Except as provided in Sections , 304 and 306, a person shall not emit from any source for a period or aggregate periods aggregating of more than three minutes in any hour, a visible emission that which is as dark or darker than No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart, or of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to an equivalent or greater degree. (Amended July 11, 1990) Opacity Limitation: Except as provided in Sections , 304 and 306, a person shall not emit from any source for a period or aggregate periods aggregating of more 6-1-4

5 than three minutes in any hour an emission equal to or greater than 20% opacity as perceived by an opacity sensing device, where such device is required by District regulations. (Amended July 11, 1990) Ringelmann No. 2 Limitation: A person shall not emit for a period or aggregate periods aggregating of more than three minutes in any hour, a visible emission that which is as dark or darker than No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart, or of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to an equivalent or greater degree, nor shall said emission, as perceived by an opacity sensing device in good working order, where such device is required by District regulations,or be equal to ora greater than 40 percent opacity, from the following sources: Internal combustion engines of less than 25 liters (1500 in 3 ) displacement;, or any Eengines used solely as a standby source of motive power; Laboratory equipment used exclusively for chemical or physical analyses or experimentation; Portable brazing, soldering or welding equipment; Deleted July 11, (Amended 1/5/83; 7/11/90) Tube Cleaning: During tube cleaning, and except for three minutes in any one hour, a person shall not emit from any heat transfer operation using fuel at a rate of not less than 148 GJ (140 million BTU) per hour, a visible emission as dark or darker than No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart, or of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to an equivalent or greater degree, or equal to or greater than 40 percent opacity as perceived by an opacity sensing device in good working order. The aggregate duration of such emissions in any 24-hour period shall not exceed 6.0 minutes per 1055 GJ (one billion BTU) gross heating value of fuel burned during such 24-hour period Visible Particles: No A person shall not emit particles from any operation in sufficient number to cause annoyance to any other person where the which particles are large enough to be visible as individual particles at the emission point, or of such size and nature as to be visible individually as incandescent particles. This Section shall only apply if such particles fall on real property other than that the property of the person responsible for the emission Diesel Piledriving Hammers: No person shall emit visible emissions from a Ppiledriving hammers powered by diesel fuel shall comply with one of that exceeds the following standards for a period or aggregate periods of more than four minutes during the driving of a single pile: For piledriving hammers other than those specified in Section 306.2, any visible emission A person shall not emit from any diesel piledriving hammer for a period or periods aggregating more than four minutes during the driving of a single pile, a visible emission which that is as dark or darker than No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart, or of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to an equivalent or greater degree, For piledriving hammers utilizing kerosene, smoke suppressing fuel additives and synthetic lubricating oil, and for which fuel usage records are kept as required by Section , any visible emission A person shall not emit from any diesel piledriving hammer for a period or periods aggregating more than four minutes during the driving of a single pile, a visible emission which that is as dark or darker than No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart or of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to an equivalent or greater degree, provided that the operator utilizes kerosene, smoke suppressing fuel additives and synthetic lubricating oil, and the requirements of Section are satisfied. (Adopted July 11, 1990) Prohibition of Visible Emissions Within and From a Regulated Bulk Material Site: 6-1-5

6 307.1 Effective July 1, 2019, the owner/operator of a Regulated Bulk Material Site shall not cause or allow a fugitive dust visible emission from: active operations at the site, a bulk material stockpile, a bulk material spill or cleanup of a bulk material spill that: a. Exceeds (i) 5 feet long, 5 feet wide, or 5 feet high, and (ii) 10 percent opacity as determined by EPA Method 203B (or half as dark in shade as that designated as Number 1 on the Ringelmann Chart), for a period or aggregate periods of more than 3 minutes in any 60-minute period; or b. Travels or carries beyond the site property line Effective July 1, 2019, the owner/operator of a Regulated Bulk Material Site shall clean up any bulk material spill of more than 12 inches high or more than 25 square feet by the end of the workday, unless the spill is adequately wetted, covered, or is protected by a wind screen with no more than 50 percent porosity that is (i) equal to or higher than the height of the spill; and (ii) placed upwind of the spill at a distance no greater than the height of the wind screen Particulate Weight LimitationTotal Suspended Particulate (TSP) Concentration Limits: A No person shall not emit TSP from any source matter in excess of 343 mg per dscm (0.15 gr per dscf) of exhaust gas volume Effective July 1, 2020, no person shall emit TSP from any source with a Potential To Emit TSP (as defined in Regulation ) greater than 1,000 kg per year at a concentration in excess of the limit indicated for the source s Exhaust Gas Rate in Table : Table : Exhaust Gas Rate vs. Allowable TSP Concentrations Exhaust Gas Rate TSP Concentration Limit dscm/min dscf/min mg/dscm gr/dscf 50 or less 1,766 or less >50 75 >1,766-2, > >2,649-3, > >3,531-5, > >5,297-7, > >7,063-10, > >10,594-14, > >14,126-17, > >17,657-26, >750-1,000 >26,486-35, >1,000-1,500 >35,315-52, >1,500-2,000 >52,972-70, >2,000-3,000 >70, , >3,000-4,000 >105, , >4,000-5,000 >141, , >5,000-7,500 >176, , >7,500-10,000 >264, , >10,000-15,000 >353, , >15,000-20,000 >529, , >20,000-30,000 >706,293-1,059, >30,000-40,000 >1,059,440-1,412,

7 >40,000-50,000 >1,412,587-1,765, >50,000-70,000 >1,765,733-2,472, >70,000 >2,472, Incineration or Salvage Operations. For the purposes of , the actual measured concentration of particulate matter in the exhaust gas from any incineration operation or salvage operation shall be corrected to the concentration which the same quantity of particulate matter would constitute in the exhaust gas minus water vapor corrected to standard conditions, containing 12% CO2 by volume, and as if no auxiliary fuel had been used Gas-fired Pathological Waste Incinerators. The particulate emissions from gas-fired pathological waste incinerators, where emissions are not mingled with emissions from incineration of general wastes, shall be corrected as specified in Section except that correction for auxiliary fuel shall not be required Heat Transfer Operation. For the purposes of , the actual measured concentration of particulate matter in the exhaust from any heat transfer operation shall be corrected to the concentration which the same quantity of particulate matter would constitute in the exhaust gas minus water vapor, corrected to standard conditions, containing 6% oxygen by volume For the purposes of Section , the measured concentration of TSP in the exhaust shall be corrected to standard conditions (as defined in Regulation 1-228) and (i) 12 percent carbon dioxide (CO2) by volume, minus water vapor, for incineration or salvage operations and gas-fired pathological waste incinerators; or (ii) 6 percent oxygen (O2) by volume, minus water vapor, for heat transfer operations. In the case of an incineration or salvage operation, the concentration shall be corrected as if no auxiliary fuel had been used and any CO2 produced from combustion of liquid or gaseous fuel shall be excluded from the correction to 12 percent CO General OperationsTotal Suspended Particulate (TSP) Weight Limits: In addition to the limitation of Section , a No person shall emit TSP not discharge into the atmosphere from any source general operation particulate matter from any emission point, at a rate in excess of the limit indicated for the source s Process Weight Ratespecified in Table for the process weight rate indicated. This section shall not apply to gas-, liquid- or solid-fuel -fired indirect heat exchangers. TABLE 1 ALLOWABLE RATE OF EMISSIONS BASED ON PROCESS WEIGHT RATE Process wt rate = P Emission = E kg/hour lbs/hour kg/hour lbs/hour

8 over (Interpolation formula deleted May 21, See page for formulae.) Interpolation in kg/hr E in kg/hr = 0.02 P0.67 in kg/hr The interpolation of the data in this Table shall be accomplished by the use of the equation E = 0.02 P0.67, where E = rate of emission in kg/hour, not to exceed 18.1 kg/hour and P = process weight rate in kg/hour. Interpolation in lbs/hr E in lbs/hr = 4.10 P0.67 in lbs/hr (with P in lbs/hr) Table : Process Weight Rate vs. Allowable TSP Emission Limits Process Weight Rate TSP Emission Limit kg/hour lb/hour kg/hour lb/hour 250 or less 551 or less > > > > > >882-1, > >1,102-1, > >1,323-1, > >1,323 1, > >1,764 1, >900 1,000 >1,984 2, >1,000-1,200 >2,205 2, >1,200-1,400 2,646 3, >1,400-1,600 3,086 3, >1,600-1,800 3,257 3, >1,800 2,000 >3,968 4, >2,000 2,500 >4,409 5, >2,500 3,000 >5,512 6, >3,000 3,500 >6,614 7, >3,500 4,000 >7,716 8, >4,000-4,500 >8,818 9, >4,500-5,000 >9,921-11, >5,000 6,000 >11,023-13, >6,000-7,000 >13,228-15, >7,000-8,000 >15,432 17, >8,000 9,000 >17,637 19, >9,000-10,000 >19,842 22, >10,000 12,000 >22,046-26, >12,000-14,000 >26,455-30, >14,000-16,000 >30,865-35,

9 >16,000-18,000 >35,274 39, > ,000 >39,683-44, >20,000-22,000 >44,092 48, >22,000-24,000 >48,502 52, >24,000-25,000 >52,911 55, >25,000 >55, Effective July 1, 2020, no person shall emit TSP from any source with a Potential To Emit TSP (as defined in Regulation ) greater than 1,000 kg per year at a rate in excess of the limit indicated for the source s Process Weight Rate in Table : Table : Process Weight Rate vs. Allowable TSP Emission Limits Process Weight Rate TSP Emission Limit kg/hour lb/hour kg/hour lb/hour 100 or less 220 or less > > > > > > > > > >882-1, > >1,102-1, >750 1,000 >1,653-2, >1,000 1,500 >2,205-3, >1,500-2,000 >3,307-4, >2,000-3,000 >4,409-6, >3,000-4,000 >6,614-8, >4,000-5,000 >8,818-11, >5,000-7,500 >11,023-16, >7,500-10,000 >16,535-22, >10,000-15,000 >22,046-33, > ,000 >33,069-44, >20,000-30,000 >44,092-66, >30,000-40,000 >66,139-88, >40,000-50,000 >88, , >50,000-75,000 >110, , >75, ,000 >165, , >100, ,000 >220, , >150, ,000 >330, , >200, ,000 >440, , >300, ,000 >661, , >400,000 >881, Sulfuric Acid Manufacturing Plants: A person shall not emit from any operation manufacturing sulfuric acid using as a principal raw material any sulfur-containing 6-1-9

10 material, any emission having a concentration of SO3 or H2SO4, or both, expressed converted to and quantified as 100% H2SO4, exceeding 92 mg per dscm (0.04 gr/dscf) of exhaust gas volume Sulfur Recovery Units: A person shall not emit from any operation manufacturing sulfur, using as a principal raw material any sulfur-containing material, any emission having a concentration of SO3 or H2SO04, or both, expressed converted to and quantified as 100% H2SO04, exceeding 183 mg per dscm (0.08 gr/dscf) of exhaust gas volume ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS Appearance of Emissions: Persons subject to this Rule are subject to and shall comply with the requirements of Regulation Every person responsible for an emission (except from gas fired heat transfer operations regulated by Sections , and ) shall have and maintain means whereby the operator of the plant shall be able to know the appearance of the emission at all times Alternate Source Test Frequency: The APCO may authorize a person to reduce the frequency of source tests required in Section or 505 if prior source test results indicate compliance with the applicable standard. To apply for such authorization, a person subject to Section or 505 must submit a request in writing to the Director of Compliance and Enforcement and Manager of Source Test indicating (i) the name of the person requesting the reduction, (ii) the site number of the site for which the reduction is sought, (iii) the source number of the source for which the reduction is sought, (iv) the pollutant for which the reduction is sought; and (iv) the results of prior source tests demonstrating compliance with the regulatory standard involved. The APCO shall approve or deny the reduction in frequency of source tests under this provision within 180 days of receipt of the written request MONITORING AND RECORDS Sampling Facilities and Instruments Required: As described in Regulation 6-501, persons subject to this Rule are subject to, and shall provide sampling facilities and install instruments as required by, the provisions of Regulation 1.Persons subject to this regulation shall provide sampling facilities and install instruments as required pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1-501, and of Regulation Data, Records and Reporting: As described in Regulation 6-502, ppersons monitoring emissions in accordance with the requirements of Sections and of Regulation 1 shall keep records, report emission excesses and provide summaries of data collected as required by Regulation Records: In order to be eligible for the Ringelmann No. 2 limitation set forth in Section , the A person responsible for the operation of a diesel pile-driving hammer who chooses to comply with subsection shall must maintain and have available for inspection records which that establish the use of kerosene, smoke suppressing fuel additives and synthetic lubricating oil. (Adopted July 11, 1990) Demonstration of Total Suspended Particles (TSP) Compliance: Effective July 1, 2019, the owner/operator of a permitted source with a Potential To Emit TSP (as defined in Regulation ) of greater than 2,000 kg per year shall conduct source testing to demonstrate compliance with Section and 311 according to the testing frequencies listed in Table , unless the owner/operator receives written approval from the APCO for a different testing frequency, as described in Section

11 402. Source tests required under this section shall be conducted in accordance with Section Potential to Emit TSP (kg/year) Table : Required Compliance Test Frequencies Compliance Test Frequency Min. Time Between Tests Max. Time Between Tests > 16,000 Annually 9 months 15 months > 8,000 16,000 Biennially 18 months 30 months > 2,000 8,000 Every five years 48 months 72 months Demonstration of SO 3 and H 2SO 4 Compliance: Effective July 1, 2019, the owner/operator of a permitted source with a Potential To Emit SO3 and H2SO4 (as defined in Regulation ), converted to and quantified as 100 percent H2SO4, greater than 2,000 kg per year shall conduct source testing to demonstrate compliance with Section or 330 according to the testing frequencies listed in Table , unless the owner/operator receives written approval from the APCO for a different testing frequency, as described in Section Source tests required under this section shall be conducted in accordance with Section Potential to Emit SO 3 and H 2SO 4 (kg/year) Table : Required Compliance Test Frequencies Compliance Test Frequency Min. Time Between Tests Max. Time Between Tests > 16,000 Annually 9 months 15 months > 8,000 16,000 Biennially 18 months 30 months > 2,000 8,000 Every five years 48 months 72 months Monitoring and Recordkeeping at Regulated Bulk Material Sites: The owner/operator of any Regulated Bulk Material Site shall monitor sources and operations at the site subject to the requirements in Section as follows: Monitor the nature and extent of any fugitive dust visible emissions from each source or operation, using simple observation of the source or operation with the sun or light positioned behind the observer, at times when the potential for fugitive dust visible emissions is at its highest due to wind conditions and/or work activities, or as otherwise specified by the APCO, according to the following frequencies: a. For any source or operation located within 1000 feet of the site property line on a day when the wind is blowing from the source toward the property line, at least twice during each workday; b. For all sources and operations, at least once during each workday. c. Monitoring of petroleum coke, calcined coke, or coal operations are required during daylight hours only Document the date, time, sources and operations monitored each workday Maintain records required by Section for two years, in electronic or log book format, and make these records available to the APCO upon request MANUAL OF PROCEDURES

12 Applicability of Test Methods: The common test methods cited in Regulation 6 shall apply to this Rule, including the methods cited in Regulation 6-601: Assessment of Visible Emissions, and Regulation 6-602: Assessment of Opacity Particulate Matter, Sampling, Sampling Facilities, Opacity Instruments and Appraisal of Visible Emissions: The procedures and specifications for testing and evaluating emissions required by The MOP contains the testing temperature for the determination of the presence of particulate matter, procedures relating to the siting of sampling facilities, source test procedures, opacity instrument specifications, calibration and maintenance requirements, and the procedure for appraising visible emissions Methods for Determining Compliance: Compliance testing required by Sections and 505 shall be based on the following test methods: Total Suspended Particulate: Source tests to determine compliance with TSP emissions limits shall be conducted in accordance with EPA Method 5, or an alternate method as described in Regulation SO3 and Sulfuric Acid Mist: Source tests to determine compliance with SO3 and H2SO4 emission limits shall be conducted in accordance with EPA Method 8 or an EPA and APCO approved alternative